Ted Cruz Responds to Emanuel

You might remember the recent story about Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel telling banks to stop supporting Ruger and Smith & Wesson. Well Texas Senator Ted Cruz has responded to the situation, and in true Texan form.

In a letter to Mayor Emanuel, Bank of America, TD Bank Group, Smith & Wesson, and Sturm, Ruger & Co., Senator Cruz encouraged the banking leaders to not be intimidated by Mayor Emanuel, and to bring more of their business to Texas. To the leaders of Ruger and Smith & Wesson, he thanked them for their commitment to the Second Amendment, and encouraged them to seek financial institutions in Texas should Emanuel’s bullying tactics prove successful.

Lastly, he address Mayor Emanuel. Now normally politicians don’t stand up to the man who has earned the nickname “The Godfather”, but well, Senator Cruz is a Texan, and we do have our reputation to consider. He had the following to say to dear, sweet Mayor Emanuel:

You recently were obliged to pay over $1.1 million of taxpayer money in legal fees due to your unsuccessful assault on the Second Amendment. And, your city’s longstanding policies stripping citizens of their constitutional right to keep and bear arms have, in turn, produced some of the very highest crime and murder rates in the nation.

Your continued anti-gun crusade may well cause some to wonder if the interests of the citizens of Chicago are being sacrificed in pursuit of a partisan agenda.

Regardless, directing your attack at legitimate firearms manufacturers undermines the Second Amendment rights of millions of Texans. In the future, I would ask that you might keep your efforts to diminish the Bill of Rights north of the Red River.

Well said.

This isn’t the first time the Senator Cruz has been in the news standing up for the Second Amendment. You might recall his recent remarks about going to court to block any attempt to restrict our right to keep and bear arms.

I’m glad to have Senator Cruz on our side.